President of the Irish Republic

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This article is about the president of the 1919-1922 Irish Republic. For the head of state of the modern Republic of Ireland see: President of Ireland.

President of the Republic was the title given to the head of the Irish ministry or Aireacht in August 1921 by an amendment to the Dáil Constitution, which replaced the previous title, Priomh Aire or President of Dáil Éireann. Unlike the previous offices, which were simply head of government or prime minister, the President of the Republic was explicitly declared to be the Irish Republic's head of state.

[edit] Presidents of the Republic

  • W.T. Cosgrave - Pro-Treaty Sinn Féin (August to December 1922)
    Following Arthur Griffith's death and Michael Collins's assassination in August 1922, Cosgrave simultaneously held both their offices. In reality all distinction between both offices and indeed both states ceased to exist - by September 1922 it was not even clear when TDs assembled whether they were meeting as the Dáil or the Provisional Parliament of the treaty state. Both states themselves and their respective heads of government disappeared with the coming into force in December 1922 of the Irish Free State Constitution Act, 1922 which created the Irish Free State.

The position of President of the modern Republic of Ireland is described in the article President of Ireland.

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Preceded by:
President of Dáil Éireann (1919-1922)

Irish Prime Ministerial Offices

Succeeded by:
President of the Executive Council (1922-37)

Preceded by:
None

Irish Heads of State/Resident Heads of State

Succeeded by:
Governor-General of the Irish Free State (1922-36/7)